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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
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Schneider Electric Partners with EdgePresence and Accu-Tech to Deploy Edge Data Centers
Boston – Oct. 28, 2020 – Schneider Electric, the leader in digital transformation of energy management and automation, today announced its partnership with EdgePresence...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Computing Researchers Respond to COVID-19: Uncertain Times
This article has been adapted from one that appeared in Aeon, aeon.co. Our society is a complex system, “a system with many interacting agents, whose collective...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
What the heck is the value of “-n % n” in programming languages?
When coding efficient algorithms having to do with hashing, random number generations or even cryptography, a common construction is the expression “-n%n“. My experience...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Underwater Robot Uses Squid-Like Propulsion
This is neat: By generating powerful streams of water, UCSD’s squid-like robot can swim untethered. The “squidbot” carries its own power source, and has the room...
From Schneier on Security
The NSA is Refusing to Disclose its Policy on Backdooring Commercial Products
Senator Ron Wyden asked, and the NSA didn’t answer: The NSA has long sought agreements with technology companies under which they would build special access for...
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WekaIO Announces Cloud-Native, Unified Storage Solutions for Data Lifecycle
CAMPBELL, Calif. – October 27, 2020 – WekaIO (Weka), the leader in high-performance, scalable file storage for data-intensive applications, today announced a transformative...
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Sellafield Nuclear Site Extends Atos Contract
London, 28 October 2020 — Sellafield Ltd has signed a contract extension with Atos, a global leader in digital transformation, for a further two years, extending...
From The Eponymous Pickle
IBM Study on the Efficacy of Chatbots
But AI is still in action, especially in speeding simpler customer interactions:IBM study highlights rapid uptake and satisfaction with AI chatbots in AINewsAMost...
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Is AI Failing to Deliver Expectations .... Again?
Always interesting former IBMer Irving Wladawsky-Berger talks AI hype, cycles, and lots of supporting links and observations. Been through it all, and this second...
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Five Nonobvious Remote Work Techniques
Very interesting piece in Queue and the Communications of the ACM, Nov 2020, pp 108-110. Take the problem beyond the technical and to the collaboratively social...
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AMD’s Su on Xilinx Acquisition: ‘We Can Define the Future of High Performance Computing’
Marking a new phase in in the re-resurrection AMD in its eternal struggle with Intel, and as reported here October 9, AMD has agreed to buy FPGA chip maker Xilinx...
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Deception and Concealment Technology
Worked with MITRE way back. Now it is also about active defense. Not much revealed here, but its interesting. MITRE Shield Matrix Highlights Deception & Concealment...
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AI, the Next Generations
Fairly good, short, non technical piece. I agree with the first item mentioned: 'unsupervised learning', it is the future, and it is hard to do generally. ...
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MonoEye - Human Motion Capture
Most interesting approach. The implications? Note deep neural approach for selection of poses. Accuracy? Gathering information for healthcare, sports, training...
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Singularity Hub Looks at GPT-3
Out of SingularityHub. A look at the writing AI called GPT-3. Scopes some of the possibilities and limitations.OpenAI’s GPT-3 Wrote This Short Film—Even the ...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Assured Autonomy Workshop Report Release
The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is pleased to announce the release of the Assured Autonomy report, titled Assured Autonomy: Path Toward Living With Autonomous...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Behold the Openbot Smart Phone
A curious and interesting thing. Strap a smartphone to some wheels and sensors, and you have an OpenBot. Is it a toy, a test platform, an indication where Intel...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Amazon Made a Mistake with Whole Foods?
In Bob Herbold's blog, a strategic error by Amazon acquiring whole foods? Used to go to these, not much anymore. Yes, can see the 'cultlike' tag for its customers...
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The Hyperion-insideHPC Interviews: NERSC’s Jeff Broughton on the End of the Top500 and Exascale Begetting Petaflops in a Rack
NERSC’s Jeff Broughton career extends back to HPC ancient times (1979) when, fresh out of college, he was promoted to a project management role at Lawrence Livermore...
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